This collection offers scholars the Classical Greek text of Homer’s work for the first time, as well as multiple English translations of all of Homer’s extant works, including rare apocrypha texts available nowhere else in digital format. The Great Grandfather of all literature, Homer is a monumental writer that has shaped the works of thousands of others. This Delphi edition is a MUST for all book lovers across the world.
* Seven translations of ‘The Iliad’ and five translations of ‘the Odyssey’
* includes Chapman’s original eighteenth century translation, first time in digital print!
* both verse and prose translations, allowing you to explore different interpretations of the Ancient poet’s work
* features Charles Lamb’s children’s adaptation of ‘The Odyssey’
* character pages, aiding your reading of the texts
* every translation has its own Table of Contents, enabling you to navigate between the different texts with ease
* includes ‘The Homeric Hymns’ – the rare ancient poems ascribed to Homer, with their own contents table
* includes Homer’s Epigrams – available nowhere else
* discover the surviving fragments of Homer’s lost epics in Evelyn-White’s scholarly translation – previously printed in the Loeb Classical Library
* includes other rare poems attributed to Homer, such as ‘The Battle of Frogs and Mice’
* even includes the original Greek texts of ‘The Iliad’, ‘The Odyssey’ and ‘The Homeric Hymns’ – and ALL with their own contents tables
* special Greek pronunciation pages – now you can read and hear the true sound of Homer’s 2700 year-old poetry!
* hundreds of images relating to Homer, his poetry and the Trojan Epic Cycle
* concise introductions to all of the works, setting them in context
* scholarly ordering of texts, with a front no-nonsense Master table of contents
CONTENTS
The Translations
THE ILIAD
CAST OF CHARACTERS
THE ILIAD – CHAPMAN’S TRANSLATION
THE ILIAD – POPE’S TRANSLATION
THE ILIAD – COWPER’S TRANSLATION
THE ILIAD – BUTLER’S TRANSLATION
THE ILIAD – LANG’S TRANSLATION
THE ILIAD – BUCKLEY’S TRANSLATION
THE ILIAD – DERBY’S TRANSLATION
THE ODYSSEY
CAST OF CHARACTERS
THE ODYSSEY – POPE’S TRANSLATION
THE ODYSSEY – COWPER’S TRANSLATION
THE ODYSSEY – LANG’S TRANSLATION
THE ODYSSEY – BUTLER’S TRANSLATION
THE ADVENTURES OF ULYSSES – CHARLES LAMB
THE HOMERIC HYMNS
HOMER’S EPIGRAMS
FRAGMENTS OF LOST EPIC POEMS
THE WAR OF THE TITANS
THE STORY OF OEDIPUS
THE THEBAID
THE EPIGONI
THE CYPRIA
THE AETHIOPIS
THE LITTLE ILIAD
THE SACK OF ILIUM
THE RETURNS
THE TELEGONY
NON-EPIC POEMS ATTRIBUTED TO HOMER
THE EXPEDITION OF AMPHIARAUS
THE TAKING OF OECHALIA
THE PHOCAIS
THE MARGITES
THE CERCOPES
THE BATTLE OF FROGS AND MICE
THE CONTEST OF HOMER AND HESIOD
The Original Greek Texts
PRONOUNCING ANCIENT GREEK
The Iliad in Greek
The Odyssey in Greek
The Homeric Hymns in Greek
